Red Ribbon Week 2009

Special Recognition Red Ribbon Award Presented to ValueOptions^® of Kansas and USD345 Seaman Elementary School District

In the News

• Tenth Annual Kansas Red Ribbon Awards Luncheon

NEW! Pictures of Red Ribbon Week 2009! This year ValueOptions^® is teaming up with USD345 Seaman Elementary Schools to do Red Ribbon Week.  Red Ribbon Week is a way the community and schools can raise awareness, education and prevention of substance use to our young citizens.  This year ValueOptions^® Prevention, Education and Outreach Coordinator will teach over 1900 students on the prevention of substance use as well as a curriculum on being alike/different. Activities for the week include:

• Coloring pictures to hang throughout the community at local businesses. Some of the pictures are of a bear that states “Drugs are Unbearable” a monkey that states “Don’t Monkey with Drugs”Those North Topeka businesses collaborating with the effort are as follows:
  • Gambino’s
  • McDonald’s – Hunters Ridge
  • McDonald’s-Topeka Blvd
  • Buzzards Pizza
  • Interactive Physical Fitness
  • The PAD
  • Dillons
  • Hardees
  • Spangles
  • Maximus
   
• Signing a certificate of accomplishment for completing Red Ribbon Week.
• Signing a Red Ribbon banner that will be posted in the gyms of each school
• Dressing up each day of the week:
  • Monday-Boots “Give Drugs the Boot”
  • Tuesday- Hats- “Put a cap on drugs”
  • Wednesday- Silly Socks- “Sock it to Drugs”
  • Thursday – Wear Red in honor of Red Ribbon Week
  • Friday –Glasses – “Shade out Drugs”
• Wearing Red Ribbons throughout the week
• Passing out snack bags with pencils, stickers, suckers, and a statement about the collaboration of Red Ribbon Week to take home to their families.

For more information about Red Ribbon Week please visit: Kansas Family Partnership